SPOKE NYC is pleased to present HELIKON, a new solo exhibition featuring the work of San Francisco based artist Chuck Sperry. Following his two wildly successful solo exhibitions in Los Angeles (2015) and San Francisco (2014), Sperry continues to expand his on-going Muses series with a new set of screen-printed editions on oak panel. In addition to these new works, a selection of rare gig posters from Sperry’s personal archive will be displayed, all custom-framed and fully archival, highlighting a comprehensive segment of rock poster history.

Founded in 1974, See Red Women’s Workshop grew out of a shared desire to combat sexist images of women and to create positive and challenging alternatives. Women from different backgrounds came together to make posters and calendars that tackled issues of sexuality, identity and oppression. With humour and bold graphics, they expressed the personal experiences of women as well as their role in wider struggles for change.

The good people of the Danish Film Institute have a fantastic Flickr account, and have compiled a huge set of Cuban movie posters from the 1960s and 70s. The DFI notes of their collection, "Among these are some fine examples of the unique poster art of Niko, Dimas and Bachs." Also known as some established poster artists.

It's not secret that we have a special kind of love for outsider and bootleg art here at Juxtapoz. The Atlantic recently published a fun article about the Ghana's bootleg movie posters and how African art scholar and West L.A. gallery owner Ernie Wolfe introduced and cataloged over 250 of these examples. We of course went in search of as many as we could find on the Internet and placed them here for your enjoyment.

The following essay by Michael Duncan is part of the companion book on the remarkable career and social activism of Corita Kent that was on display at the Pasadena Museum of California Art. Corita Kent: Someday is Now is the first full-scale exhibition of her groundbreaking and revolutionary printmaking work that championed hope, acceptance and peace in the dynamic days of the 1960s, humbly paving the way for art advocates to come.

We caught Boris Gautier's work on It's Nice That this morning, and just loved the bold and playful nature of the poster design and graphics. The Paris based artist seems to have a natural affinity for busy but smart design, and with topics like Totally Drunk and doing some work for ESPN, he keeps it eclectic.

It's amazing how much we know about popular culture, especially as it took us very little time to identify what these movie posters were. French artist Madani Bendjellal has created this fun series where he has taken icons out of some of the most iconic movie posters of all-time, which still makes them super identifiable. Have fun guessing what is what!